2013 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Improves Outcomes in DCD Kidneys
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
BackgroundTo overcome organ shortage, utilization of kidneys from DCD donors has increased. Those kidneys have comparable long-term outcomes as DBD kidneys, however they have higher…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Quality of Life Following Living Kidney Donation
Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Background: The supply of deceased donor kidneys available for transplantation is not sufficient to meet the demand of renal failure patients. Living donor kidney transplantation…2013 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Survival Analysis of Ond-to-Old Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
Outcomes and survival benefit of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation (SPKT) of older donor organs into older recipients has not been studied. SRTR data reported for…2013 American Transplant Congress
Overexpression of IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Attenuates Obliterative Bronchiolitis in Murine Tracheal Transplant Model
Background-Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) remains an impediment to long-term survival after lung transplantation. IL-1 beta (IL-1Β) has been studied as proinflammatory and profibrotic factor in allograft…2013 American Transplant Congress
Determining Threshold Immunosuppressant Adherence Levels To Reduce Graft Failure Risk among Adult Renal Transplant Recipients
PURPOSE: Prior studies have speculated an immunosuppressant therapy (IST) adherence “threshold” may exist below which renal transplant recipients (RTRs) are at increased risk of graft…2013 American Transplant Congress
Multiplicative-Regression Model for Relative Survival To Compare the Effect of Factors Associated with the Time to Graft Failure between First and Second Renal Transplant, A
Background. This is established today that second renal transplant recipients (STR) and first renal transplant recipients (FTR) have close outcomes. However, to our knowledge, the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Waitlist Body Mass Index Changes on the Outcome after Liver Transplantation, The
Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Background: Obesity is associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, but the evidence surrounding the effect of body mass index (BMI) on post-liver…2013 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Using Donors with Standard and Extended Criteria Kidneys
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, GA
Introduction:The advent of MELD scoring resulted in an increase in the number of simultaneous liver-kidney transplants (SLKT) being performed due to the higher priority weighting…2013 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Sexual Functions in Females Receiving Renal Replacement Therapies
Introduction & objectives:We aimed to determine the factors affecting changes in sexual function by comparing the sexual functions of a female kidney transplant recipient (KTR)…2013 American Transplant Congress
Results of a Behavioral Contract Intervention To Improve Adherence and Healthcare Outcomes among Renal Transplant Recipients
PURPOSE: To report the results of a 12-month randomized controlled trial of an intervention using behavioral contracts to improve immunosuppressant therpy (IST) adherence and associated…
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